Playgrounds

Date: July 1955

Reference: PAColl-5049

Description: On roof of Farmers building, Hobson Street, Auckland. Five of the young children are riding pedal cars. The people in the photograph are from the Lyon and Port families. Back row from left: Viola (Waiora) Port holding Mary-Rose Port, Esma Lyon (nee Port), Audree Port holding Martin Port. Front row from left: Rosalind Port (daughter of Audree Port), Rosemary Lyon, Jamie Lyon, Barbara Lyon (all children of Esma Lyon), Roger Port (son of Audree) Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-177950 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1971-1977

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-13

Description: Wellington district art and craft. Many of the images record teacher training courses. There are also images of children in class making art. Children in class painting. Boys carving wood. Clay figures and tiles. Children emroidering. Children and teacher among grasses in a field. Children performing action songs, Wadestown School, 1977. School camp, Gladstone/Castlepoint, Wairarapa, 1973. Intermediate teachers course, 1973. Stick games, flax weaving, making tukutuku panels, and lino cutting, Wadestown School, 1977. Ceramic and pebble mural, Landsdown School, Masterton. Scout camp, Wainuiomata, 1976. Children making models from paper, Hampden Street School, Nelson, 1974. Children making models from paper, Victory School, Nelson, 1974. Stick games, and boys performing haka, Wadestown School, 1977. Clay tiles, Masterton Intermediate School, 1971. Children dressed in womble masks, 1976. Children working with paper, Hampden Street School, Nelson, and Pomare School, 1974. Teen aged students painting in large studio, 1973. Children drawing outside. Dominion children's art exhibition, Masterton, 1973. Boy with Greek temple modled in clay, Mount Cook School, 1973. Children making patterns based on Maori conventions. Intermediate teachers course, 1973. Otaki teachers course, 1973. Unidentified teachers course, 1972. Clay tiles. Blenheim Maori art course for teachers, 1974. Lower Hutt Maori art course for teachers, 1974. Integrated arts course for teachers, Hutt Valley, 1973 and 1974. Intermediate art course for teachers, 1974. Blenheim teachers course, 1972. Art by Belgian children, Landsdowne School, Masterton, 1973. Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: 1959

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: J-047-001/004

Description: Cartoons on various social and political issues covering topics; safety in school play grounds, the morning after ANZAC Day celebrations, stock diversification among farmers, television attempts to get a closer view of rugby games. Exhibited in 'The Famouse Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 photocopies Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-671-001/018

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Shows the 'Peace Processor' machine in action where Jewish and Palestinian antagonists are placed in one end of the machine and after numerous processes they come out the same. Jim Anderton proposes drastic remedies for medical problems. Shows Helen Clark as a mother trying to deal with her infantile fighting MPs. Shows Labour's Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, taking money from Health and Education to top-up the Government's Superannuation Scheme and then borrowing money to fund Health and Education. This is to show people that the Government is not borrowing to fund the Superannuation Scheme. Shows the Alliance Party waka spliting apart with rowers rowing in two different directions. Comment on Israel blaming Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians for the devastation caused to Palestine by the Israeli military. Shows Queen Elizabeth expressing her appreciation for having turned up for her mothers funeral and having worn a dress rather than her trade-mark trouser suit. Comment on the effectiveness of Jim Anderton in Government. Comment on Jim Anderton's pattern of changing political skins from Labour to New Labour to the Alliance and now onto what ever his new Party will be called. Comment on the poor showing of the National Party in public opinion. Shows a customer to the new Kiwibank wanting to have an account in both Kiwibank and with his existing bank until he decides later which way to go. He adds that Mr Anderton must understand this as he is assuming the same position over being the Government leader of the Alliance but setting up a new party in opposition to them later in the year. Comment on shift from Privy Council to NZ Appointed Court - infers that the new system will be more a roll of the dice rather than a matter of impartially balancing the scales of justice. Comment on the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Illustrates the demonisation of Yasser Arafat. Comment on the increasing need for vigilence in protecting our children from all forms of violence and abuse. Comment on NZ losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup with reference to the Helen Clark art forgery incident. Shows the Auckland public looking for alternate ways to blanket spraying to get rid of the Painted Apple Moth. A suggestion is to make the Rugby Union and Trevor Mallard responsible for its protection. This refers to them losing the right to co-host the Rugby World Cup. Comment on National's new tax package. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies.

Date: ca 1850s-1908

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-7526

Description: The Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association building on Beach Road ca 1900; a procession for the Queen's jubilee on Stafford Street with men in uniform and a union banner; people on the beach at Caroline Bay with bathing machines in the sea captioned "The first lawn, Caroline Bay" ca 1890s; the band rotunda at Caroline Bay with a children's playpark behind and people swimming in the sea ca 1910; two of waves breaking over the breakwater ca 1898; the Timaru Shipping Co landing with the Lady of the Lake beached ca 1873; the interior of St Mary's Church looking towards the altar; Stafford Street, looking south from the corner of George Street with the Union Bank of Australia, a furnishing warehouse and J Trist ship chandler on the left; Sophia Street with the Wrecks memorial to those who tried to save lives on the City of Perth and the Benvenue in the foreground and the post office on the right ca 1880s; a man sitting on the beach on the site of the breakwater ca 1860s; Stafford Street looking south from Cannon Street with a boarding house on the right ca 1860s; and a row of workers' cottages on Bank Street with Parr's windmill behind. The photographer was William Ferrier and the photographs were taken ca 1890s-1908 or in some cases possibly re-printed from earlier images. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005333, 005339 to 005340 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 26 July 1975

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1975/3058-F

Description: Children in the playground of Mount Cook School, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 26th of July 1975. This photograph was taken to illustrate the school's "multi-racial roll" which included Greeks, Indians, Chinese, Polynesians, Maori, and Pitcairn Islanders. Because many of the children spoke no English, the school had established a language laboratory. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negatives, 35mm

Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6866

Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1925-1935]

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-0451

Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1950s]

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-11

Description: Art activities at Ahipara, Paparore, Ngataki, Mount Albert, and Tangoio schools. Cildren drawing, plaiting flax, stilt walking, working with clay, and preparing a kiln for firing ceramics. These photographs came from the same folder as the photographs in PAColl-9189-10. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: [1960s]

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-09

Description: Children in class and outside. Art activities include graphic designs by Cliff Whiting for wood carvings. An event involving dances and a hangi. Woodcarvings (many in Maori style). A ceramic kiln. Designing patterns based on Maori conventions. Making tukutuku panels. Baskets and other objects woven from flax. Boys performing on drums decorated with Maori patterns. Children's paintings. Children playing musical instruments. Children making and trying out a custom made telephone. Adults weaving flax. Posters. Possibly a course for teachers. A woman demonstrating hand positions for action songs. Also a letter from Cliff Whiting to Gordan Tovey. Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: 1971-1977

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-12

Description: Wellington district art and craft. Many of the images record teacher training courses. There are also images of children in class making art. Sculptures in paper. Integrated courses for teachers at Tawa (1972), Blenheim (1972), and Hutt Valley (1973). Art work associated with events sponsored by the National and ANZ banks, 1973. Graphic art produced during teachers intermediate training course, 1972. Teachers and art work at a one day course, 1972. Teachers course, Kohitere, December 1972. Boys carving wood, Maori style. Children painting in class, Cashmere Avenue, 1975. Pages of a book `Crafts for All,' showing musical instruments. Unidentified teachers course. Teachers intermediate course, 1977. Kiln for firing ceramics. Children and teacher in class painting, making music, and using blocks. Children swimming in pool, Frankley School, New Plymouth. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: 1968-1995

Reference: PA1-q-582

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-096

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Contains images related to cemeteries including Bolton Street, Bowen Street, Karori, Makara, and Mount Street. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: [1952-1965]

From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5921-056

Description: Comprises articles by and about Strewe on gardening, landscape gardening, architecture, the environment and related matters; also includes advertising flyer for his business and background article about him Arrangement: Photocopies of articles in fMS-Papers-5921-1 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Of garden plans, accompanying articles by Strewe

Date: 1913-1924

From: Harcourt, Peter Millais 1923-1995 :Photographs relating to Croydon School and the history of musical theatre in New Zealand

Reference: PA1-q-590

Description: Album covers Stephen Saxby's time as a student at Croydon School, Days Bay near Wellington, and at Christs College, Christchurch. As well as photographs there is a fair ammount of material in the form of news paper cuttings, pamphlets etc relating to school sporting events, school curricula, religious studies, and clubs such as The Navey League. 1922 seems to have been a vintage year for Christs College rugby and there is a lot of news paper material on the exploits of R O Talbot and his First Fifteen Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1950s]

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-10

Description: Art activities at Ahipara, Paparore, Ngataki, Mount Albert, and Tangoio schools. Activites include:- Working with clay. Children playing musical instruments. Children's paintings, Ngataki School, 1954. Children playing or performing outside. Children painting in class. Preparation of flax for weaving. Art work on classroom walls, Mount Albert School. Children making a model of an African village, Mount Albert School. Children performing haka and action songs. Children performing on drums. Children performing on drums, Tangoio School, 1958. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s) Proof sheets.

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: 1978

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council; Wellington City Council. Parks & Recreation Department

Reference: MapColl-WRC-1/18/1-Acc.

Description: Shows childrens' play areas, existing and proposed in the Wellington area Base map: NZMS 17 (Wellington City Council Parks and Reserves 1978) Note on map reads: To be read in conjunction with enclosed list (note: Mrs Viggers, author of `Around and about Wellington' probably has this list) Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink on cream paper. Scale indeterminable, 82 x 85 cm.

Date: [Between 1920s and 1930s]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Pa1-f-053

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways, chiefly taken circa 1936, by unidentified photographers. The main sequences cover views in the Christchurch area, the Southern Alps and West Coast in the South Island; and Gisborne, East Cape, and Taranaki in the North Island. Many of the images were used in the New Zealand Railway Magazine which is available in full-text on the internet at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-railways.html Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled Tours, Book 4; 39 x 59 cm

Date: [Nov 1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148-022

Description: A section of the Naenae Community Playground, with Naenae homes in the background, photographed ca November 1949 by a New Zealand Free Lance staff photographer. (Source: "New Zealand Free Lance", 30/11/49, p 24). Note the movie cameramen to the left. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - P 30/11/49; Verso - centre - A section of playground [indistinct] they come from Naenae housing settlement. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 161 x 213 mm